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Cephalanthera damasonium
Cephalanthera damasonium, the white helleborine, is a species of orchid. It is widespread across much of Europe and Asia. Cephalanthera damasonium is the type species of the genus Cephalanthera.
Found in shady lowland forest with little undergrowth, especially under beech trees, occasionally spreads onto chalk scrub. Can colonise new beech forest quite quickly. Requires a well-drained soil above chalk or oolitic limestone.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cephalanthera damasonium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
